Learning Support
Dayspring offers many levels:
1. Accommodations – Individual strategies employed by the teacher to assist the
student in the learning process.
2. Tutoring – Dayspring staff or peers
3. Remedial Program – Available through IU 13 for reading and math for students in
grades DK-8*. Testing required.
4. Modifications—A change in the course content, subject matter, and/or standard
of evaluation applied to a given subject on behalf of a student with learning
disabilities or profound learning problems.
5. Learning Resource Room – For students (grades 1-12 *) with learning differences
or disabilities that are hindering learning or evaluation in the regular classroom.
LSP and LST are required. There is an additional fee for this service.
6. NILD Program – For students who have been identified as having learning disability.
Testing, LSP, and Learning Support Team required.
7. Work Study Program – Available for students with profound learning problems.
Testing, LSP, and Learning Support Team required.
Cluster Program – Available for selected students with learning difficulties.
Hosted by the local Career and Technology Center.
8. Gifted and Talented Program – Individual LSP that designates specialized program
and/or schedule to meet the student’s needs.
9. Search and Teach Program – Therapy offered to Kindergarten and 1st grade
students to intervene and offer training to prevent or identify learning problems.
10. Bright Horizons Program – is for students who have been diagnosed with
profound learning problems. Each student’s education is individualized to meet
their needs.
Learning Resource Room
Purpose: The Learning Resource Room at Dayspring Christian Academy is a tutorial program to assist students who have been identified as having significant academic difficulties in the regular classroom. Learning Resource Room is a support offered to students and parents who need one to five sessions per week for homework help or specific training in addition to classroom instruction.
Criteria: Students will be admitted to the Learning Resource Room upon recommendation of the Learning Resource Team which is comprised of the Learning Resource teacher, the student’s classroom teacher, and Director of Special Needs and parents. The team will base its recommendation on:
· Stanford Achievement Test Scores
· Psychological Testing
· Teacher/Parental Assessments and checklists
· Report Cards
· Anecdotal Statements
Learning Resource Room Fees and Application 2011-2012
National Institute of Learning Development (NILD) Therapy is a program designed for students with diagnosed learning disabilities. NILD is therapy administered for two eighty-minute session twice a week with a trained therapist. This therapy focuses on developing neurological paths in order for students to be successful in the classroom and in life. NILD therapy typically lasts two to five years.
NILD is only available to students with a diagnosed disability showing a specific learning disability. The therapy takes place during the school day and students are removed from classes as needed. The students have a modified classroom work load and homework load.
NILD therapy has a fee separate from Dayspring tuition. See the registration form on the school’s website for more information.
Search is a method of identifying pre-readers that are at risk. Teach is the method of therapy used to remediate identified students. Search and teach is a program affiliated with NILD and is designed to identify students early in the educational process and administer specific therapy to develop the neurological paths necessary for success in reading.
Students are screened and identified at five years old. All age appropriate students with parental permission will be screened in September and October of each year. If a student falls into a particular category parents are notified concerning therapy.
Teach therapy is conducted in two or three thirty minute sessions per week with a trained therapist. The therapy activities are designed specifically for each child’s needs and will focus only on the deficit area(s). Most children are exited from Teach in three to five months.
Search and Teach Fees and Application Form 2011-2012